Carbureter.



I Nd; 730,627. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1903.

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GARBURETER.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed August 25 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

Patent No. 730,627, dated June 9, 1903.

Serial No. 120,955. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL J. ESSER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Mauchchunk, in the county of Carbon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Carburetor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved carbureter, which is simple and durable in'construction, not liable to get out of order, perfectly safe, and arranged to effectively purify and enrich the gas to insure burnin thereof with great economy and with a bright and clear light.

The invention-consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out .in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views. 7

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement, and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In a suitably-constructed vessel A are arranged pans B, B, B B? B, and 13, located one above the other and containing charcoal O or other suitable filtering medium, the pans being alternately disposed from opposite sides to terminate at their free ends a distance from the opposite side of the receptacle A to form a zigzag passage in the said receptacle for the gas to travel through and at the same time. pass through the charcoal or like filtering medium.

The lowermost pan B forms with the bottom of the receptacle A a gas-receiving. chamber D, into which opens a gas-supply pipe E, connected with a suitable gas-supply, the en trance end of the pipe E into the chamber D being covered by a piece of gauzeFto prevent accidental ignition of the gas. The free end of the lowermost pan B is connected by an upwardly and outwardly extending inclined plate G with the side of the receptacle A, from which the second pan Bstarts, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1, so that the gas passing into the receiving-chamber D passes through the perforations in the plate G through the char-,

. or dome of the receptacle A;

coal between the pans Band B. The gas then travels through the charcoal between the into an outlet-chamber I, formed in the top a The outlet-pipe J of the chamber I is covered by a piece of gauze F, and in the said pipe J is arranged a. drier K, containing charcoal C, so that the gas passing through the drier K is freed of any remaining moisture and passes by a pipe L to the burners to be consumed orburned in the usual manner. The'pipes J and L are covered by pieces of gauze F and F", so as to prevent accidental ignition of the gas.

Ascre w-cap N is arranged in the top of the receptacle A. and connects with the outlet-chamber Lso as to charge the samewith an enriching medium, such as naphtha or the like, it being understood that the enriching medium can readily pass through the perforations in the plate H to the charcoal contained in the uppermost pan B The enriching medium gravitates evenly through the charcoal from one pan to the other, and consequently the gradual enriching of the gas takes place as the latter passes through the charcoal from the chamber D to the chamber I. The screw-cap N is provided interiorly with a piece of gauze F*, as shown in Fig. 1.

Now by the arrangement described the gas is caused to travel in a zigzag manner through the charcoal supported in the pans B, B, B B B and B and hence is thoroughly purified or filtered to produce a bright and clear light when burned.

The charcoal in lump or broken condition is saturated with naphtha or a like hydrocarbon previous to filling it into the vesselA and the pans B, B, B B B and B and then the so-charged charcoal is placed into the vessel and tamped therein to expel the air and prevent the formation of air pockets or spaces, so that when the gas circulates through the vessel the formation of explosive mixtures is prevented and the device rendered perfectly safe.

By having the pans arranged in the vessel sorb any moisture that may be in the enriched f gas, to' render the latter as dry as possible, and thereby prevent settling of moisture in the service-pipes.

cubic feet of gas to form a gas of a high quality. Having thus described my invention, I

. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. An apparatus of the class described,comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a filtering medium through which a hydrocarbon percolates, said receptacle being provided in its bottom with a receiving-chamber having a portion of its top perforated, an outlet-cham-' her in its top having its bottom perforated at one side, and" intermediate of the said chambers with pans arranged one above the other and forming-a zigzagpassage for the gas, as set forth.

2. An apparatus of the class described,comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a filtering medium through which a hydrocarbon percolates, said receptacle being provided in its bottom with a receiving-chamber having a portion of its top perforated, an outlet-chamber in its top having its bottom perforated at one side, and intermediate of said chambers with pans arranged one above the other, and extending alternately from opposite sides to form a zigzag passage for the gas, and a drier arranged above the outlet-chambcr and through which the gas from the outlet-chamber passes, as set forth.

3. An apparatus of the class described,com-

prising a receptacle adapted to contain char-.

- plurality of pans arranged one above the I have found by experience that it requires about six quarts of naphtha for one thousand other and extending alternately from opposite sides of the receptacle to form a zigzag passage for the gas, and a receptacle on top of the main receptacle and communicating with the outlet-chamber, said second receptacle being adapted to contain charcoal, as set forth.

, 4. An apparatus of the class described,coniprising a receptacle, charcoal-pans held in the receptacle one above the other and 'extending alternately from opposite sides of the receptacle to within a distance from the other side thereof, to form a zigzag passage through the receptacle, a receiving-chamber in the receptacle, below the lowermost pan, the said receiving-chamber being connected with a gas-supply and having a perforated plate'extending from the free end of the pan to one side of the receptacle, and an outlet-chamber in the top of the receptacle, having its bottom perforated at one side, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I- have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DANIEL J. ESSER.

Witnesses EUGENE I. SPANGLER,- JESSE M. ESSER. 

